George Elombi Emerges Next President of Afreximbank, Oramah Bows Out September Commits to grow assets to $250bn in 10 years from $42.7bn
James Emejo in Abuja
The shareholders of African ExportImport Bank (Afreximbank) yesterday
appointed Dr. George Elombi as the next President and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the continental financial institution.
He becomes the fourth president to lead the bank since its establishment in 1993. His appointment was formally
announced after the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the bank's shareholders. The announcement was one
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APC Govs Back Tinubu’s Policies, Say Ganduje’s Resignation in Tandem with Party’s Evolution
Adibe Emenyonu in Benin City
Governors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) have reaffirmed their commitment to President Bola Tinubu’s policies and the president’s Renewed Hope
Agenda. The governors also stated that the resignation of the National Chairman of the party, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, was in tandem with the party’s continued evolution. In a communiqué at the end of a
two-day strategic regional meeting of the Progressive Governors’ Forum (PGF) hosted by the Governor of Edo State, Senator Monday Okpebholo, in Benin City, Edo State, the governors also formally welcomed the Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Pastor Umo
Eno into the APC fold. The high-level meeting ended yesterday, June 28, 2025, with farreaching resolutions on Nigeria’s socio-economic trajectory, federal-state collaboration, and the future of the APC.
Reading the communiqué, the Chairman of the PGF and Governor of Imo State, Governor Hope Uzodimma, said the gathering served as “a crucial platform to harmonise development strategies, reinforce party cohesion, and reaffirm the Forum’s dedication
to people-centered development, institutional accountability, and inter-governmental collaboration. The Chief Press Secretary (CPS) to Edo State Governor, Fred Itua, also Continued on page 5
Tinubu, Buhari, Shettima, Atiku, Obi, Govs, Others Mourn Business Mogul, Dantata Dantata was part of a family of traders and merchants who built the famous groundnut pyramids of the First Republic
Deji Elumoye, Chuks Okocha, Folalumi Alaran in Abuja, and Ahmad Sorondinki in Kano President Bola Tinubu; former President Muhammadu Buhari; Vice President Kashim Shettima; former Vice President Atiku Abubakar; former Senate President, David Mark; Kano State Governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf yesterday mourned an elder statesman, renowned business mogul and philanthropist, Alhaji Aminu Dantata, who passed away at 94 in the early hours of yesterday in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The Northern States Governors’ Forum (NSGF); presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 general election, Mr. Peter Obi; former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and ex-governor of Kano State, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje; Chairperson of the National Caretaker Committee of the Labour Party, Senator Nenadi Usman; and a Coalition of Northern Continued on page 5
IN THE SPIRIT OF RECONCILIATION…
L-R: Speaker, Rivers State House of Assembly, Hon. Martin Amaewhule; Governor Siminalayi Fubara; Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Chief Nyesom Wike; and Senator Allwell Onyesoh, at the funeral service for the minister’s uncle and Head of the Oro-Ekpoduta Clan, Elder Temple Omezuruike Onuoha, at the Greater Evangelism World Crusade, Rumuepirikom, Obio Akpor LGA, Rivers State…yesterday
Pressure Mounts on Akume to Resign as North-Central Renews Clamour for APC National Chairmanship Seat.… Page 10